Bike Monterey County

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    Making Eye Contact with Drivers: Vehicle Size and Other Perils

    It’s often recommended to people who walk, bike, skate, or scoot that one way to improve their safety, especially at intersections, is to make eye contact with drivers. In fact, when the City of Monterey made use of some 2021 California Office of Traffic Safety pedestrian and bicycle safety grant funds, they installed “SEE AND…

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    BMX presentation in South Monterey County

    Thanks to Lacey Kistler, a San Lucas School teacher, for her persistence over two years that resulted in a BMX presentation by pro riders Chris Hughes and Lennie Westfall for San Lucas and Bradley students. Read the January 20, 2023 story in the King City Rustler—a report written and photographed by students: https://kingcityrustler.com/bmx-riders-flaunt-skills-in-south-monterey-county/ Kudos to…

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    Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG)

    National urban and trail design professionals will discuss how communities around the nation turn bike, pedestrian and equestrian infrastructure investment into regional economic engines.

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    Bike Buzz: December 2022 news from Bicycling Monterey

    Some Monterey County bike dates for December 2022 and January 2023 Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail update “Moss Landing segment of scenic trail on hold ‘indefinitely,’” by Anna Marie Yanny for the Monterey Herald, Dec 11, 2022. https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/12/11/moss-landing-segment-of-scenic-trail-on-hold-indefinitely/. Partial history: /bike-safety-infra-update-about-hwy-1-moss-landing-a-high-traffic-monterey-bay-region-route.html Monthly meetings of TAMC Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Are you a Monterey County resident…

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    Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail: Moss Landing Segment

    Construction had been expected to begin early in 2023 for the Moss Landing segment of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail project. Recent discovery that a retaining wall on a section of Highway 1 has significantly deteriorated, and is falling into Elkhorn Slough, have put this project on hold indefinitely. The retaining wall is a…

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    Ocean Love: Bike to Surf, Sail to Bike

    Rain received November 1, 2022 was needed and welcomed—including by the surfer above, who we spotted biking near Lovers Point in Pacific Grove’s section of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail network. No worries about getting wet when you’re biking in a wetsuit. Above: Tim is regularly seen biking to a variety of destinations—commuting to…

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